Cable management assembly

ABSTRACT

A cable management assembly is applied to a first slide rail assembly and a second rail assembly. Each of the slide rail assemblies includes a first rail and a second rail movable relative to the first slide rail. The cable management assembly includes a cable management device and at least one supporting member. The cable management device includes a first arm and a second arm. The first arm is connected to the first rail of the first slide rail assembly. The second arm is pivoted to the first arm and connected to the second rail of the first slide rail assembly. The at least one supporting member includes a first end and a second end. The first end is pivoted to the first rail of the second slide rail assembly. The second end is detachably connected to the first rail of the first slide rail assembly.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation application of U.S. application Ser.No. 16/364,097, filed on Mar. 25, 2019. This application claims thebenefit of U.S. application Ser. No. 16/364,097, which was filed on Mar.25, 2019, and is incorporated herein by reference.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a cable management assembly, and moreparticularly, to a cable management assembly capable of managing cables.

2. Description of the Prior Art

In a rack system, a slide rail assembly includes a first rail and asecond rail in general. The first rail is mounted on a post of a rack.The second rail is movable relative to the first rail, and the secondrail is configured to carry an electronic apparatus. Wherein, ingeneral, a cable is arranged in the rear of the electronic apparatus.Therefore, the cable can be managed through a cable managementmechanism.

U.S. Pat. No. 7,473,846 B2 disclose a cable supporting arm able to beused in two-way. The cable supporting arm (24) includes a first armsection (40) and a second arm section (42) rotatably connected to thefirst arm section (40). As shown in FIG. 9 of the patent, when anelectronic apparatus (12) is located at a retracted position through aslide rail (108), the first arm section (40) and the second arm section(42) of the cable supporting arm (24) are closed to each other andretracted. As shown in FIG. 10 of the patent, when the electronicapparatus (12) is located at an extended position through the slide rail(108), first arm section (40) and the second arm section (42) of thecable supporting arm (24) are extended relative to each other.

However, for different market requirements, sometimes the cablesupporting arm is not able to steady support the cable of the electronicapparatus (12). In addition, when the cable supporting arm is difficultto be detached, a sub-module of the electronic apparatus (12) may not beeasily detached or changed. Therefore, how to develop a cable managementproduct, which is improved the reliability and the ease of assembly anddisassembly of the product, has become an issue.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides a cable management assembly applied to aslide rail assembly.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a cable managementassembly is applied to a first slide rail assembly and a second sliderail assembly. Each of the first slide rail assembly and the secondslide rail assembly includes a first rail and a second rail movablerelative to the first rail. The cable management assembly includes afirst cable management device and at least one supporting member. Thefirst cable management device includes a first arm and a second arm. Thefirst arm is connected to the first rail of the first slide railassembly. The second arm is pivoted to the first arm. The second arm isconnected to the second rail of the first slide rail assembly. The atleast one supporting member includes a first end and a second end. Thefirst end is pivoted to the first rail of the second slide railassembly. The second end is detachably connected to the first rail ofthe first slide rail assembly.

Preferably, a first blocking feature is arranged on one of the first armand the second arm, when the second rail of the first slide railassembly is located at a retraced position relative to the first rail,the first arm and the second arm are closed to each other to be in aclosed state, and the at least one supporting member blocks the firstblocking feature.

Preferably, when the first arm and the second arm are in the closedstate, the at least one supporting member is configured to support thefirst cable management device.

Preferably, the first arm is rotatable relative to the first rail of thefirst slide rail assembly, and the second arm is rotatable relative tothe second rail of the first slide rail assembly, when the second end ofthe at least one supporting member is detached from the first rail ofthe first slide rail assembly, the at least one supporting member isrotatable through the first end, such that the at least one supportingmember no longer blocks the first blocking feature.

Preferably, the cable management assembly further includes a secondcable management device, wherein the second cable management deviceincludes a third arm and a fourth arm, the third arm is rotatablerelative to the first rail of the second slide rail assembly, the fourtharm is rotatable relative to the second rail of the second slide railassembly, a second blocking feature is arranged on one of the third armand the fourth arm, when the second rail of the second slide railassembly is located at a retraced position relative to the first rail,the third arm and the fourth arm are closed to each other to be in aclosed state, and the at least one supporting member blocks the secondblocking feature.

Preferably, a first auxiliary member and a second auxiliary member arerespectively connected to the second rail of the first slide railassembly and the second rail of the second slide rail assembly, a heightof the first auxiliary member is greater than a height of the first railof the first slide rail assembly, a height of the second auxiliarymember are greater than a height of the first rail of the second sliderail assembly, the second arm of the first cable management device ispivoted to the first arm of the first cable management device through afirst shaft member, the second arm of the first cable management deviceis connected to the first auxiliary member, the fourth arm of the secondcable management device is pivoted to the third arm of the second cablemanagement device through a second shaft member, the fourth arm of thesecond cable management device is connected to the second auxiliarymember.

Preferably, at least one cable management feature is arranged on one ofthe first arm and the second arm of the first cable management device.

Preferably, at least one cable management feature is arranged on one ofthe third arm and the fourth arm of the second cable management device.

Preferably, a first mounting member is arranged on the first rail of thefirst slide rail assembly, the second end of the at least one supportingmember is detachably mounted on the first mounting member through asecond mounting member.

Preferably, the at least one supporting member includes a firstsupporting member and a second supporting member, the second supportingmember is connected to the first supporting member in a stretchable andretractable manner, the first supporting member has the first end, thesecond supporting member has the second end.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a cable managementassembly

These and other objectives of the present invention will no doubt becomeobvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading thefollowing detailed description of the preferred embodiment that isillustrated in the various figures and drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a cable management assembly applied toa rack system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the cable management assembly and a sliderail assembly mounted on a rack according to the embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a visual angle of the cable managementassembly and the slide rail assembly mounted on the rack according tothe embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another visual angle of the cable managementassembly and the slide rail assembly mounted on the rack according tothe embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the cable management assembly mountedon the slide rail assembly on the rack, and an end of a supportingmember of the cable management assembly detached from a slide railaccording to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is diagram illustrating the cable management assembly mounted onthe slide rail assembly on the rack, and the supporting member and thecable management device of the cable management assembly rotated to bedeflected by an angle to allow a first predetermined object of a carriedobject to be moved along a direction according to the embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 7 is diagram illustrating the cable management assembly mounted onthe slide rail assembly on the rack, and the supporting member and thecable management device of the cable management assembly rotated to bedeflected by an angle to allow a second predetermined object of thecarried object to be moved along the direction according to theembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is diagram illustrating the slide rail assembly being in anextended state, such that the cable management device of the cablemanagement assembly is extended according to the embodiment of thepresent invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, a cable management assembly 20 ofan embodiment of the present invention is applied to a first slide railassembly 22 and a second slide rail assembly 24. The first slide railassembly 22 and the second slide rail assembly 24 have the samestructural arrangement substantially. In the present embodiment, thefirst slide rail assembly 22 and the second slide rail assembly 24 arerespectively arranged on a right side and a left side of a rack.Furthermore, the first slide rail assembly 22 and the second slide railassembly 24 respectively include a first rail 26 and a second rail 28.Wherein, the first rail 26 can be mounted on a first post 34 a (such asa front post) and a second post 34 b (such as a rear post) through afirst bracket 30 (such as a front bracket) and a second bracket 32 (suchas a rear bracket). The second rail 28 is longitudinally movablerelative to the first rail 26, and the second rail 28 can be configuredto carry a carried object 36 (e.g. an electronic apparatus, please referto FIG. 1). At least one space is formed in the carried object 36 andconfigured to accommodate an electronic component, a power module, aheat sink module, a storage module or the like. Hereinafter, it isillustrative of an example that the carried object 36 accommodates afirst upper layer object 38 a, a first lower layer object 38 b, a secondupper layer object 38 c and a second lower layer object 38 d.Specifically, each of the objects 38 a, 38 b, 38 c, 38 d can be a fieldreplaceable unit (FRU), but the present invention is not limitedthereto. The number of the objects in the carried object 36 is notlimited thereto. Wherein, the first upper layer object 38 a and thefirst lower layer object 38 b are located on right half portion of aspace in the carried object 36. The second upper layer object 38 c andthe second lower layer object 38 d are located on left half portion ofthe space in the carried object 36. Furthermore, the cable managementassembly 20 includes a first cable management device 40 and at least onesupporting member 42. Preferably, the cable management assembly 20further includes a second cable management device 44.

The first cable management device 40 includes a first arm 46 and asecond arm 48. Preferably, at least one first cable management feature49 is arranged on the first arm 46 and the second arm 48 of the firstcable management device 40. The at least one first cable managementfeature 49 is able to hold or support cables behind the carried object36. Preferably, the first arm 46 and the second arm 48 both have a firstend portion 50 a and a second end portion 50 b. Wherein, the first endportion 50 a of the first arm 46 is pivoted to the first end portion 50a of the second arm 48. For example, the first end portion 50 a of thefirst arm 46 is pivoted to the first end portion 50 a of the second arm48 through a first shaft member 51. On the other hand, a firstcorresponding member 52 is pivoted to the second end portion 50 b of thefirst arm 46, and the first corresponding member 52 is connected to(such as detachably connected e.g. engaging or plugging) a firstconnecting member 54 arranged on a rear portion of the first rail 26 ofthe first slide rail assembly 22. The second end portion 50 b of thefirst arm 46 is pivoted to the first corresponding member 52. Therefore,the first arm 46 is rotatable relative to the first rail 26 of the firstslide rail assembly 22. Moreover, a second corresponding member 56 ispivoted to the second end portion 50 b of the second arm 48, and thesecond corresponding member 56 is connected to (such as detachablyconnected e.g. engaging or plugging) a first auxiliary member 58arranged on a rear portion of the second rail 28 of the first slide railassembly 22. The first auxiliary member 58 has a height greater than aheight of the first rail 26 of the first slide rail assembly 22.Wherein, the second end portion 50 b of the second arm 48 is pivoted tothe second corresponding member 56. Therefore, the second arm 48 isrotatable relative to the second rail 28 of the first slide railassembly 22.

The second cable management device 44 includes a third arm 60 and afourth arm 62. Preferably, at least one second cable management feature63 is arranged on the third arm 60 and the fourth arm 62 of the secondcable management device 44. The at least one second cable managementfeature 63 is able to hold or support cables behind the carried object36. Preferably, the third arm 60 and the fourth arm 62 both have a firstend portion 64 a and a second end portion 64 b. Wherein, the first endportion 64 a of the third arm 60 is pivoted to the first end portion 64a of the fourth arm 62. For example, the first end portion 64 a of thethird arm 60 is pivoted to the first end portion 64 a of the fourth arm62 through a second shaft member 65. On the other hand, a thirdcorresponding member 66 is pivoted to the second end portion 64 b of thethird arm 60, and the third corresponding member 66 is connected to(such as detachably connected e.g. engaging or plugging) a secondconnecting member 68 arranged on a rear portion of the first rail 26 ofthe second slide rail assembly 24. The second end portion 64 b of thethird arm 60 is pivoted to the third corresponding member 66. Therefore,the third arm 60 is rotatable relative to the first rail 26 of thesecond slide rail assembly 24. Moreover, a fourth corresponding member70 is pivoted to the second end portion 64 b of the fourth arm 62, andthe fourth corresponding member 70 is connected to (such as detachablyconnected e.g. engaging or plugging) a second auxiliary member 72arranged on a rear portion of the second rail 28 of the second sliderail assembly 24. The second auxiliary member 72 has a height greaterthan a height of the first rail 26 of the second slide rail assembly 24.Wherein, the second end portion 64 b of the fourth arm 62 is pivoted tothe fourth corresponding member 70. Therefore, the fourth arm 62 isrotatable relative to the second rail 28 of the second slide railassembly 24.

The at least one supporting member 42 includes a first end E1 and asecond end E2. The first end E1 is pivoted to the first rail 26 of thesecond slide rail assembly 24, and the second end E2 is detachablyconnected on the first rail 26 of the first slide rail assembly 22.Specifically, the first end E1 and the second end E2 are respectivelypivoted to a first connecting base 74 and a second connecting base 76through a pivot member 73 (the pivot member of the first end E1 and thefirst connecting base 74 is not shown due to the angle of view).Wherein, the first connecting base 74 is able to be connected to (suchas detachably connected e.g. engaging or plugging) a third connectingmember 78 of the rear portion of the first rail 26 of the second sliderail assembly 24. Preferably, a gap is formed between the thirdconnecting member 78 and the second connecting member 68. On the otherhand, a first mounting member 80 is arranged on the rear portion of thefirst rail 26 of the first slide rail assembly 22. The second connectingbase 76 arranged on the second end E2 of the at least one supportingmember 42 is detachably mounted on the first mounting member 80 througha second mounting member 82. For example, the first mounting member 80can be detachably mounted on the second mounting member 82 by pluggingor engaging. Preferably, the second connecting base 76 is able to bedetached from the second mounting member 82. Preferably, a gap is formedbetween the first mounting member 80 and the first connecting member 54.Preferably, in the present embodiment, the at least one supportingmember 42 includes a first supporting member 42 a and a secondsupporting member 42 b connected to the first supporting member 42 a ina stretchable and retractable manner, but the number of supportingmembers is not limited thereto. Wherein, the first supporting member 42a has the first end E1, and the second supporting member 42 b has thesecond end E2.

It is noticed that when the first cable management device 40 and thesecond cable management device 44 are retracted, a length of the firstcable management device 40 (or a length of the second cable managementdevice 44) is slightly less than half of a length of the at least onesupporting member 42. In other words, when the first cable managementdevice 40 and the second cable management device 44 are retracted, a gapis formed between the first cable management device 40 and the secondcable management device 44. Therefore, bending radius for cable managingof the first cable management device 40 and the second cable managementdevice 44 can be reduced, in order to facilitate managing cables.

As shown in FIG. 4, a first blocking feature 84 is arranged on one ofthe first arm 46 and the second arm 48 of the first cable managementdevice 40. Hereinafter, it is illustrative of an example that the firstblocking feature 84 is arranged on the first arm 46. Wherein, the firstblocking feature 84 and the first arm 46 can be integrally formed in onepiece, or the first blocking feature 84 can be a separated componentfixedly mounted on the first arm 46. Preferably, a second blockingfeature 86 is arranged on one of the third arm 60 and the fourth arm 62of the second cable management device 44. Hereinafter, it isillustrative of an example that the second blocking feature 86 isarranged on the third arm 60. Wherein, the second blocking feature 86and the third arm 60 can be integrally formed in one piece, or thesecond blocking feature 86 can be a separated component fixedly mountedon the third arm 60.

When the second rail 28 of the first slide rail assembly 22 is locatedat a retracted position P1 relative to the first rail 26, the first arm46 and the second arm 48 are closed to each other and are in a closedstate. When the second end E2 of the at least one supporting member 42is connected to the first rail 26 of the first slide rail assembly 22,the at least one supporting member 42 blocks the first blocking feature84, to further block the first cable management device 40. Preferably,when the second rail 28 of the second slide rail assembly 24 is locatedat a retracted position relative to the first rail 26, the third arm 60and the fourth arm 62 are closed to each other and are in a closedstate. The at least one supporting member 42 blocks the second blockingfeature 86, to further block the second cable management device 44. Assuch, the first cable management device 40 and the second cablemanagement device 44 are arranged to close a rear space behind the firstslide rail assembly 22 and the second slide rail assembly 24. Inaddition, when the first arm 46 and the second arm 48 are closed to eachother and are in the closed state, the at least one supporting member 42is configured to support the first cable management device 40 (such assupport a bottom portion of the first cable management device 40). Whenthe third arm 60 and the fourth arm 62 are closed to each other and arein the closed state, the at least one supporting member 42 is configuredto support the second cable management device 44 (such as support abottom portion of the second cable management device 44).

It is noticed that when the at least one supporting member 42 blocks thefirst blocking feature 84, the first upper layer object 38 a or thefirst lower layer object 38 b is blocked by the first cable managementdevice 40 from being detached from the carried object 36 to the rearspace behind the first slide rail assembly 22 and the second slide railassembly 24 (please refer to FIG. 1). Similarly, when the at least onesupporting member 42 blocks the second blocking feature 86, the secondupper layer object 38 c or the second lower layer object 38 d is blockedby the second cable management device 44 from being detached from thecarried object 36 to the rear space behind the first slide rail assembly22 and the second slide rail assembly 24 (please refer to FIG. 1).

As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, when the second end E2 of the at leastone supporting member 42 is detached from the first rail 26 of the firstslide rail assembly 22, the at least one supporting member 42 is able tobe rotated through the first end E1 in order to be deflected backward,such that the at least one supporting member 42 no longer blocks thefirst blocking feature 84 (and the second blocking feature 86), and suchthat the first cable management device 40 (and the second cablemanagement device 44) is able to be rotated to be deflected backward toopen the rear space behind the first slide rail assembly 22 and thesecond slide rail assembly 24. It is noticed that, in the presentembodiment, the second end E2 of the at least one supporting member 42is unmounted from the second mounting member 82 through the secondconnecting base 76, such that the second end E2 of the at least onesupporting member 42 is detached from the first rail 26 of the firstslide rail assembly 22. For example, the second connecting base 76includes a fastening member 88 (or a protrusion) able to be mounted in aspace 90 of the second mounting member 82. Preferably, an elastic member92 (e.g. an elastic piece) is operably connected to one of the secondmounting member 82 and the second connecting base 76 (for example, theelastic member 92 is operably connected to the second mounting member82). Wherein, the fastening member 88 is blocked in the space 90 throughthe elastic member 92 being located at an engaged position, and theelastic member 92 is operable to be located at a disengaged position(please refer to FIG. 5), in order to allow the fastener 88 to bedetached from the space 90, such that the second end E2 of the at leastone supporting member 42 is unmounted from the second mounting member 82through the second connecting base 76, to further be detached from thefirst rail 26 of the first slide rail assembly 22. Alternatively, thesecond end E2 of the at least one supporting member 42 is able to beunmounted from the first mounting member 80 through the second mountingmember 82, such that the second end E2 of the at least one supportingmember 42 is detached from the first rail 26 of the first slide railassembly 22.

As shown in FIG. 6, when the at least one supporting member 42 isrotated through the first end E1 to be deflected backward substantiallyby an angle of 90 degree and the first cable management device 40 isrotated to be deflected backward by an angle of 90 degree substantially,the first upper layer object 38 a and the first lower layer object 38 bare no longer blocked by the first cable management device 40, in orderto allow the first upper layer object 38 a and the first lower layerobject 38 b to be detached and moved along a rear direction D from thecarried object 36. Wherein, the rear direction D and a transversedirection are perpendicular to each other. A height direction and therear direction D are perpendicular to each other. The height directionand the transverse direction are perpendicular to each other.

As shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, when the at least one supporting member42 is rotated through the first end E1 to be deflected backwardsubstantially by an angle of 90 degree and the second cable managementdevice 44 is rotated to be deflected backward by an angle of 90 degreesubstantially, the second upper layer object 38 c and the second lowerlayer object 38 d are no longer blocked by the second cable managementdevice 44, in order to allow the second upper layer object 38 c and thesecond lower layer object 38 d to be detached and moved along the reardirection D from the carried object 36.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 8, when the carried object 36 is movedrelative to the first rail 26 from the retracted position P1 along afront direction (e.g. a direction opposite to the rear direction D) toan extended position P2 through the two second rails 28 of the two sliderail assemblies 22, 24, the first arm 46 and the second arm 48 of thefirst cable management device 40 are extended relative to each other andare in an extended state, and the third arm 60 and the fourth arm 62 ofthe second cable management device 44 are also extended relative to eachother and are in an extended state.

Compared to the prior art, the cable management assembly 20 of thepresent invention has advantages over the prior art by the followingperspectives:

1. The first end E1 of the at least one supporting member 42 is pivotedto the first rail 26 of the second slide rail assembly 24, the secondend E2 is detachably connected to the first rail 26 of the first sliderail assembly 22.

2. The at least one supporting member 42 can block the first cablemanagement device 40 (and the second cable management device 44). Whenthe second end E2 of the at least one supporting member 42 is detachedfrom the first rail 26 of the first slide rail assembly 22, the at leastone supporting member 42 is able to be rotated to be deflected by anangle through the first end E1, to allow the objects (38 a, 38 b, 38 c,38 d) to be moved relative to the carried object 36 along apredetermined direction (e.g. a rear direction) to be detached.

3. When the two arms of the first cable management device 40 (and thesecond cable management device 44) are closed to each other and in theclosed state, the at least one supporting member 42 can be configured tosupport the bottom portion of the first cable management device 40 (andthe second cable management device 44).

Those skilled in the art will readily observe that numerousmodifications and alterations of the device and method may be made whileretaining the teachings of the invention. Accordingly, the abovedisclosure should be construed as limited only by the metes and boundsof the appended claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A cable management assembly applied to a firstslide rail assembly and a second slide rail assembly, each of the firstslide rail assembly and the second slide rail assembly comprising afirst rail and a second rail movable relative to the first rail, thecable management assembly comprising: a first cable management device,comprising: a first arm connected to the first rail of the first sliderail assembly; and a second arm pivoted to the first arm and connectedto the second rail of the first slide rail assembly; and at least onesupporting member comprising a first end and a second end, the first endbeing pivoted to the first rail of the second slide rail assembly, thesecond end being detachably connected to the first rail of the firstslide rail assembly; wherein a length of the first cable managementdevice is less than or equal to half of a distance between the firstslide rail assembly and the second slide rail assembly; wherein a firstblocking feature is arranged on one of the first arm and the second arm,when the second rail of the first slide rail assembly is located at aretraced position relative to the first rail, the first arm and thesecond arm are closed to each other to be in a closed state, and the atleast one supporting member blocks the first blocking feature; whereinthe first arm is rotatable relative to the first rail of the first sliderail assembly, and the second arm is rotatable relative to the secondrail of the first slide rail assembly, when the second end of the atleast one supporting member is detached from the first rail of the firstslide rail assembly, the at least one supporting member is rotatablethrough the first end, such that the at least one supporting member nolonger blocks the first blocking feature; wherein the cable managementassembly further comprises a second cable management device, the secondcable management device comprises a third arm and a fourth arm, thethird arm is rotatable relative to the first rail of the second sliderail assembly, the fourth arm is rotatable relative to the second railof the second slide rail assembly, a second blocking feature is arrangedon one of the third arm and the fourth arm, when the second rail of thesecond slide rail assembly is located at a retraced position relative tothe first rail, the third arm and the fourth arm are closed to eachother to be in a closed state, and the at least one supporting memberblocks the second blocking feature; wherein a first auxiliary member anda second auxiliary member are respectively connected to the second railof the first slide rail assembly and the second rail of the second sliderail assembly, a height of the first auxiliary member is greater than aheight of the first rail of the first slide rail assembly, a height ofthe second auxiliary member is greater than a height of the first railof the second slide rail assembly, the second arm of the first cablemanagement device is pivoted to the first arm of the first cablemanagement device through a first shaft member, the second arm of thefirst cable management device is connected to the first auxiliarymember, the fourth arm of the second cable management device is pivotedto the third arm of the second cable management device through a secondshaft member, the fourth arm of the second cable management device isconnected to the second auxiliary member.
 2. The cable managementassembly of claim 1, wherein when the first arm and the second arm arein the closed state, the at least one supporting member is configured tosupport the first cable management device.
 3. The cable managementassembly of claim 1, wherein at least one cable management feature isarranged on one of the first arm and the second arm of the first cablemanagement device.
 4. The cable management assembly of claim 3, whereinat least one cable management feature is arranged on one of the thirdarm and the fourth arm of the second cable management device.
 5. Thecable management assembly of claim 1, wherein a first mounting member isarranged on the first rail of the first slide rail assembly, the secondend of the at least one supporting member is detachably mounted on thefirst mounting member through a second mounting member.
 6. The cablemanagement assembly of claim 1, wherein the at least one supportingmember comprises a first supporting member and a second supportingmember, the second supporting member is connected to the firstsupporting member in a stretchable and retractable manner, the firstsupporting member has the first end, the second supporting member hasthe second end.
 7. A cable management assembly applied to a first sliderail assembly and a second slide rail assembly, each of the first sliderail assembly and the second slide rail assembly comprising a first railand a second rail movable relative to the first rail in a longitudinaldirection of the first rail, wherein the first rail extends in thelongitudinal direction, the cable management assembly comprising: afirst cable management device, comprising: a first arm connected to thefirst rail of the first slide rail assembly; and a second arm pivoted tothe first arm and connected to the second rail of the first slide railassembly; and at least one supporting member comprising a first end anda second end, the first end being pivoted to the first rail of thesecond slide rail assembly, the second end being detachably connected tothe first rail of the first slide rail assembly; wherein the first armand the second arm of the first cable management device are arrangedwith each other in a direction substantially parallel to a heightdirection of the first rail perpendicular to the longitudinal direction;wherein a first blocking feature is arranged on one of the first arm andthe second arm, when the second rail of the first slide rail assembly islocated at a retraced position relative to the first rail, the first armand the second arm are closed to each other to be in a closed state, andthe at least one supporting member blocks the first blocking feature;wherein the first arm is rotatable relative to the first rail of thefirst slide rail assembly, and the second arm is rotatable relative tothe second rail of the first slide rail assembly, when the second end ofthe at least one supporting member is detached from the first rail ofthe first slide rail assembly, the at least one supporting member isrotatable through the first end, such that the at least one supportingmember no longer blocks the first blocking feature; wherein the cablemanagement assembly further comprises a second cable management device,the second cable management device comprises a third arm and a fourtharm, the third arm is rotatable relative to the first rail of the secondslide rail assembly, the fourth arm is rotatable relative to the secondrail of the second slide rail assembly, a second blocking feature isarranged on one of the third arm and the fourth arm, when the secondrail of the second slide rail assembly is located at a retraced positionrelative to the first rail, the third arm and the fourth arm are closedto each other to be in a closed state, and the at least one supportingmember blocks the second blocking feature; wherein a first auxiliarymember and a second auxiliary member are respectively connected to thesecond rail of the first slide rail assembly and the second rail of thesecond slide rail assembly, a height of the first auxiliary member isgreater than a height of the first rail of the first slide railassembly, a height of the second auxiliary member are greater than aheight of the first rail of the second slide rail assembly, the secondarm of the first cable management device is pivoted to the first arm ofthe first cable management device through a first shaft member, thesecond arm of the first cable management device is connected to thefirst auxiliary member, the fourth arm of the second cable managementdevice is pivoted to the third arm of the second cable management devicethrough a second shaft member, the fourth arm of the second cablemanagement device is connected to the second auxiliary member.
 8. Thecable management assembly of claim 7, wherein when the first arm and thesecond arm are in the closed state, the at least one supporting memberis configured to support the first cable management device.
 9. The cablemanagement assembly of claim 7, wherein at least one cable managementfeature is arranged on one of the first arm and the second arm of thefirst cable management device.
 10. The cable management assembly ofclaim 9, wherein at least one cable management feature is arranged onone of the third arm and the fourth arm of the second cable managementdevice.
 11. The cable management assembly of claim 7, wherein a firstmounting member is arranged on the first rail of the first slide railassembly, the second end of the at least one supporting member isdetachably mounted on the first mounting member through a secondmounting member.
 12. The cable management assembly of claim 7, whereinthe at least one supporting member comprises a first supporting memberand a second supporting member, the second supporting member isconnected to the first supporting member in a stretchable andretractable manner, the first supporting member has the first end, thesecond supporting member has the second end.